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To judge or guess; to predict the result of.

A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.

A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.

A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.

(only in attributive use) The best possible hand of a certain type, for instance: "nut straight", "nut flush", and "nut full house". Compare nuts.

A competitor in a poker tournament.

A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.

To attempt to pass off a four-flush as a flush.

To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.